Friday November 25, 2005 – 7:30 p.m. at the Almonte United Church Social Hall
Speaker: Professor Trevor Hodge
Topic: The Auxerre Goddess: An Archaeological Detective Story
Synopsis:
A question often asked about scholarly research is: How do you find things? From an episode in his own research, Professor Hodge illustrates the detective work into which he was led by the Auxerre Goddess – an ancient Greek statue now in the Louvre, Paris. It is also a salutary warning of how, by doing the right thing in the correct way, you may come up with a completely wrong result.
Speaker’s Profile:
Prof Hodge, a native of Belfast, Ireland, was educated at Cambridge University. He has taught at Stanford University, Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1960, he joined the faculty of Carleton University, Ottawa, and has been there ever since, except for study tours in Greece, France, Italy and Australia, and many lecture tours all over the world. He retired in 1996, and now holds the position of Distinguished Research Professor.
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